Oil-can



(No model.)

- J. MARKER.

OIL CAN.

No. 372,160. Patented Oct. 25, 1887.

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UNITED` STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES MARKER, OF UNION CITY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO PETER LUN D, OFERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,160, dated October25, 188'7. l A Application filed January 22, 1887. Serial No. 225.186.(No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES MARKER, a citizen of Denmark, residing atUnion City, in the county of Erie and State of Pennsylvania, have eans,hereinafter set forth and explained.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure l shows a central vertical section of an oil-can embodying myimprovements, Fig. 2 shows the spring and its adjusting mechanismdetached from the oil-can. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same onthe line :v x in'Fig. 2.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

In the constructionV of my improvement shown I make the body A, thebottom B, and the spout C of the oil`can in the usual and ordinarymanner, lthe spout C being secured to the can-body A by means of ascrew-thread, H, the shape of the can not being material to theconstruction of the improvement I combine therewith. I then make aspiral spring, F, of suitable size or diameter to readilybe passedthrough the screw-threaded opening Hin the top of the can, the lower endof which spring is adapted to rest and press upon the central portionofthe inside of the can-bottom B. The upper end of this spring F, Isecure to a vertical screw-threaded rod, E, which is long enough toextend up some distance into the spout C when it is in place on the can.On

A this screw-threaded 'rod E, I place a cone, D

D, constructed, preferably, in two sections, substantially as shown. Thesections of this cone D D are centrally hollowed out, leavingsubstantially as illustrated in Fig. 2, the upper ends, d', of the conefitting the rod sufciently close only as to act as aguide for the upperend of the rod E, while the lower ends, d d, are preferably brought to asharp edge, leaving a round 0r angular opening between them of justsufficient size so that the sharp edges d d will enter the threads ofthe rod E and operate as a nut, so that the cone D D may be screwed upor down on the threaded rod E for adjustment. If desired, however, thecone D D may be madevin a single piece and a screw-thread cut in thelower end thereof, instead of the sectional cone having 'the sharp edgesd d thereon, either form of construction operating well.

In operation the spout C is removed from the can and the cone D Dinserted therein, as illustrated in Fig. 1. Therod E is then screweddown, so that when the spout C is replaced in the can the lower end ofthe springF will press rmly against the inside of the can-bottom B,

so that when pressure is applied to the out- .readily be adjusted bymeans of the screw-` threaded rod E to fit and operate in differentsizedcans without it being necessary to make a special size for each sizedcan, and can thus readily be removed from one can and adjusted toanother of different size, if desired.

I am aware that springs operating on oil-can bottoms have heretoforebeen used; but I am not aware of any such device or devices adapted tobe inserted into and removed from an oilcan through the spout-openingthereof, or to be adjusted to lit different-sized cans, as mine is.

Having thus described my invention, so as to enable others to constructand use the same, what I claim as new, and desire tov secure by LettersPatent of the United States, is-

l. In an oil-can, the combination of the canbottom B, the spiral springF, operating on the inside thereof, and its screw-threadedsupporting-rod E, with the sectional cone D D, ,operating on said rodand adapted to be inserted in operating on the inside of an oil-canbottom,

the lower end of the spout C and removed from In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in the can through the spout-opening, substanpresenceof two witnesses. tially as and for the -purpose seb forth.

2. The combination, in a support for n spring JAMES MARKER.

of the screw-threaded rod E, with a cone, D D, ViLnesses: adapted to tinto the spout'J G, substantially SIMON HUssELBAcH, as and for thepurpose set forth. FEED. RUESCHER.

